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Leiters Patent No. 61,717, dated February 5, 1867.r

IMPEOVED BEATER IN BALING PRESS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, FREDnRIck F, ConNizLL, Jr., of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements inBaling Presses, of which the following is a full and accurate descrip tion', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of these specifications, and in which-'- Figurel is an elevation of said improved press, taken in the line x :c ot'g. 2

Figure 2 is a vertical section, taken in the'line y y of iig. 1; and v Figure 3 is a horizontal section, taken in the line z z of fig. 1.

The like letters in each of the iigures refer to the same parts.

In constructing this improved lever beater' baling press, I provide two short pairs of sills, E E, which each contain a sheave, F F', designed to deliver Vto the capstan the ropes J and I from' the beater B and levers I: L respectively. On and at right angles to theseI place the main sills l) D of the press which support the super* structure, and at each end' receive the through pins r 7' on which the tension-rods A A A A'of the levers play. Upon lthese sills I erect the posts G Gr Gr G of the press-chamber, which is" constructed inv the same manner as that in the Harris Beater Press. These posts, at the narrow 'ends of the press, are tied together by the caps N N, on which rest the' posts which support the cap containing the wheel M to carry the rope J, and receive between them the sheaves H II I-I to carry the rope I, and whose inner faces are provided with the track e e e e to control the beater in its movements. This track is continued down and into the press-chamber, as shown at e e e e', and retains the beater in position by engaging with the grooves ffff in the narrow ends thereof. The beater B may be constructed in the same manner as that used'in the Harris Beater Press, or inany other convenient form, and is also provided with pressure arms C C, whose lugs e c are clawed so'as to clasp 'loosely at either end the ropes I and J, which, by such new arrangement, may be carried down within the framing of the press, as distinctly shown, and the upper faces of said lugsvc c are provided with concavities to t the segments of the shanks of the leversL L, as hereinafter described. The levers L Lhare placed one at either end of the press, and play freely on their centre pins ct a, by which they are attached tc their tensioni rods A A A A. Their lower ends or shanks Zi are provided with a segment of a circle to articulate with the concavity in the pressure arms C C, when the beater B is used as' a follower; said segments have pins 0 o pass# ing through their centres at right angles to the levers which engage with the guards d d (l d attached to the posts G G G G, and which are of a length corresponding to the extent of the motion of the shanks of the levers, and which are designed to keep sa'id shanks at all times' in a position to articulate with said pressure arms when forced out to engage therewith for the purpose of compressing the,bale. Said levers are operated by the rope I, which is permanently attached at the point q, and passed over the'sheavesK K, H H IPI, and F', and through the slot c in the lug of the pressure arm C, and between the shank b, the posts G Gi, and the lining m. The beater rope J is carried down within the framing of the press in a similar manner. The press is provided with the ordinary sheeting, bale, and feed doors and grooves in' beat-er face, and sills te receive the straps'for fasten ing the bale.

The operation of this improved press is as follows: The material being first lled into the press=chamberI by the action of the beater in the ordinary manner, the pressure arms C Care forced out pundei the Shanks b of the leversL L, which assume a horizontal position' of`tl1eir own weight when the rope I Ais slack, but when the rope isdrawn upon, it causes the outer ends of said levers' to rise, and thev segments of theshanks of said levers, articulating with the coneavities in the lugs c e and bearing thereon,'communi'cate motion-to thebeater B,-

then operating as a follower by which the bale is packed. The doors aremthen opened, and the bale hooped in the usual manner. By then slacking on the rope I, and drawing on the rope J, the shunks will rise in thek guards d d, and the arms C C, being drawn upon by the rods I P connecting with the rope J, will swing inwards; and the beater will rise off the' bale, which may then be removed from the press.

What claim as new and as my invention in the above-described press, are

1. Forming the grooves or slotsffff in the ends of the beater B, and providing the inner faces of th narrow ends of the press-chamber with the track e e e e', and continuing the same upon the inner faces of the superstructure, for the purposes herein described.

' 2. Forming the slots cc in the ends of the pressure arms C C, through which the ropes I and J may play 3. Carrying the ropes I and J, one at either end, down within the framin G G-G G, sheeting m m, and Shanks b b.

4L The levers L L, segmented shanks Z1 b, shank pins o o, guards ddd d, and eoncave lugs of pressure arms C C, all 'combined and arranged for the purposes hereinbefore specified.

5. The rope I, sheaves K K, H H H, and F, arrnged to operate and control the levers L L, as described. F. F. CORNELL, JR.

g of the press between the posts Witnesses:

E. WIGHT, FREDERICK C. JUNKER. 

